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UQO Working Paper No. 9 — A grand hedonic model of the Canadian housing market: decomposing structure and location value.

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.gitignore du gabarit, README : Status + Notes, courriel uqo.ca.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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1 −# Raw data snapshot — 747 MB, exceeds GitHub limits and is not redistributed
1 +# Raw data snapshot — 747 MB DuckDB, not redistributed (see data/raw/README.md)
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4 6 # Python
5 7 __pycache__/
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8 13 # LaTeX build artifacts (paper/main.pdf IS committed)
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29 +# Logs
30 +logs/
31 +*.log
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18 33 # macOS
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3 3 **UQO Working Paper No. 9** — *Decomposing the Value of Structure and Location across
4 4 140,931 MLS Listings with High-Dimensional Neighbourhood Fixed Effects*
5 5
6 −[![Paper](https://img.shields.io/badge/paper-PDF%20(26%20p.)-b31b1b?logo=latex&logoColor=white)](paper/main.pdf)
6 +[![Paper](https://img.shields.io/badge/paper-PDF%20(34%20p.)-b31b1b?logo=latex&logoColor=white)](paper/main.pdf)
7 7 [![Python](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.11%2B-3776AB?logo=python&logoColor=white)](requirements.txt)
8 8 [![DuckDB](https://img.shields.io/badge/data-DuckDB%20·%20172%2C019%20listings-FFF000?logo=duckdb&logoColor=black)](data/raw/README.md)
9 9 [![Estimation](https://img.shields.io/badge/estimation-statsmodels%20·%20linearmodels%20(AbsorbingLS)-4051b5)](src/wp9/models.py)
10 10 [![Reproducible](https://img.shields.io/badge/reproducible-end--to--end%20pipeline-2e7d32)](scripts/)
11 −[![Tables verified](https://img.shields.io/badge/tables-identical%20to%20published-2e7d32)](AUDIT.md)
11 +[![Tables verified](https://img.shields.io/badge/tables-identical%20to%20published-2e7d32)](docs/AUDIT.md)
12 12 [![Institution](https://img.shields.io/badge/UQO-D%C3%A9pt.%20des%20sciences%20administratives-16365c)](https://uqo.ca)
13 −[![Author](https://img.shields.io/badge/author-Simon--Pierre%20Boucher-16365c)](mailto:contact@spboucher.ai)
14 −[![Contact](https://img.shields.io/badge/contact-contact%40spboucher.ai-a02020?logo=maildotru&logoColor=white)](mailto:contact@spboucher.ai)
13 +[![Author](https://img.shields.io/badge/author-Simon--Pierre%20Boucher-16365c)](mailto:simon-pierre.boucher@uqo.ca)
14 +[![Contact](https://img.shields.io/badge/contact-simon--pierre.boucher%40uqo.ca-a02020?logo=maildotru&logoColor=white)](mailto:simon-pierre.boucher@uqo.ca)
15 15
16 16 > **TL;DR** — On 140,931 Canadian MLS listings, absorbing 1,153 neighbourhood (FSA) fixed
17 17 > effects lifts explained log-price variance from **46% → 77%**. Location alone is worth
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21 21
22 22 ---
23 23
24 +## 📌 Status
25 +
26 +| Item | Value |
27 +|---|---|
28 +| Version | 1.2 (May 2026) |
29 +| SSRN | [7626678](https://ssrn.com/abstract=7626678) — submitted 2026-10-17 (preliminary upload) |
30 +| Journal | not yet submitted |
31 +| Code & data | reproducible from `scripts/` (see Quick start); raw DuckDB snapshot not redistributed |
32 +
24 33 ## 📖 Table of contents
25 34
35 +0. [Status](#-status)
26 36 1. [What this paper does](#-what-this-paper-does)
27 37 2. [Headline results](#-headline-results)
28 38 3. [Repository layout](#-repository-layout)
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91 101 ```
92 102 wp9_uqo/
93 103 ├── README.md ← you are here
94 −├── AUDIT.md forensic audit of the original project + verification
95 −├── CHANGES.md restructuring report (what moved, what was rewritten)
104 +├── docs/ AUDIT.md (forensic audit + verification), CHANGES.md,
105 +│ PAPER_REVIEW.md, UPGRADE_REPORT.md
96 106 ├── requirements.txt pinned Python dependencies
97 107 ├── .gitignore
98 108 ├── data/
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120 130 │ └── tables/ the 6 LaTeX tables consumed by the paper
121 131 └── paper/
122 132 ├── main.tex preamble + metadata; \input's the sections
123 − ├── main.pdf compiled paper (26 pages)
133 + ├── main.pdf compiled paper (34 pages)
124 134 ├── sections/ titlepage, introduction, literature, data,
125 135 │ methodology, results, robustness, conclusion
126 136 ├── references.bib 32 entries, natbib author-year, aer style
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211 221
212 222 The original upstream cleaning code (`RE_DB_QC/hedonic`) was **lost** before this
213 223 repository was assembled; `src/wp9/sample.py` is a careful reconstruction from the
214 −paper's own data section, calibrated against every stored output (see `AUDIT.md`). It
224 +paper's own data section, calibrated against every stored output (see `docs/AUDIT.md`). It
215 225 reproduces the published sample to **+0.86%** and all headline estimates closely — but
216 226 not to the last digit. To keep the published record intact:
217 227
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254 264
255 265 ## ✅ Reproduction verification
256 266
257 −Full side-by-side in [`AUDIT.md`](AUDIT.md) §5. Highlights (original → reproduced):
267 +Full side-by-side in [`docs/AUDIT.md`](docs/AUDIT.md) §5. Highlights (original → reproduced):
258 268
259 269 - Sample: 140,931 → 142,146 (+0.86%); condos match to 3 listings.
260 270 - R² ladder: 0.464/0.469/0.567/0.762/0.767 → 0.467/0.470/0.569/0.766/0.770.
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295 305 Département des sciences administratives, Université du Québec en Outaouais
296 306 Gatineau — Pavillon Alexandre-Taché, 283 boulevard Alexandre-Taché, Gatineau (QC) J9A 1L8
297 307
298 −📧 **contact@spboucher.ai** · 🌐 [spboucher.ai](https://www.spboucher.ai)
308 +📧 **simon-pierre.boucher@uqo.ca** · 🌐 [spboucher.ai](https://www.spboucher.ai)
299 309
300 310 All code files carry the header `Author: Simon-Pierre Boucher — contact@spboucher.ai`.
301 311
302 312 © 2026 Simon-Pierre Boucher. All rights reserved. The listing data snapshot is not
303 313 redistributed; code and paper are shared for research reproducibility.
314 +
315 +## 🗒 Notes
316 +
317 +- Numbering: UQO Working Paper No. 9 since the first version (May 2026).
318 +- The original flat May 2026 project (`immo-wp9-spb-20260529`) is archived in `Recherche-UQO/_archives/versions-mai-2026/grand-hedonic-model-canada--immo-wp9-20260529`; `docs/AUDIT.md` and `docs/CHANGES.md` describe how this repository was rebuilt from it.
319 +- Cover page, metadata and layout follow `Recherche-UQO/HARMONISATION.md` (2026-10-17).
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2 1 $pdf_mode = 1;
3 2 $pdflatex = 'pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode -halt-on-error -synctex=1 %O %S';
4 3 $bibtex_use = 2;
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2 3 all:
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5 6 clean:
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67 67 140{,}931 MLS Listings with High-Dimensional Neighbourhood Fixed Effects}
68 68 \newcommand{\WPdate}{May 2026}
69 69 \newcommand{\WPversion}{1.2}
70 −\newcommand{\WPkeywords}{Hedonic pricing, Housing markets, Canada, Fixed effects,
71 − Spatial heterogeneity, Automated valuation}
70 +\newcommand{\WPkeywords}{hedonic pricing, housing markets, Canada, fixed effects, spatial heterogeneity, automated valuation}
72 71 \newcommand{\WPjel}{R31, R21, C21, C55}
73 72
74 73 \newcommand{\WPauthor}{Simon-Pierre Boucher}
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98 97 prices. We map the resulting neighbourhood premia, which span a factor of roughly nine
99 98 between the most and least expensive areas.}
100 99
100 +\hypersetup{pdftitle={A Grand Hedonic Model of the Canadian Housing Market}, pdfauthor={Simon-Pierre Boucher}}
101 +
101 102 \begin{document}
102 103
103 104 \input{sections/titlepage}
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1 −% Author: Simon-Pierre Boucher — contact@spboucher.ai
2 1 % ============================================================================
3 −% Title and abstract pages
2 +% Title Page
4 3 % ============================================================================
5 4 \thispagestyle{empty}
6 5
7 6 \begin{center}
8 7
9 −\includegraphics[width=4cm]{uq_logo.jpg}
8 +% --- Logo ---
9 +\includegraphics[width=3.5cm]{uq_logo.jpg}
10 10
11 11 \vspace{0.6cm}
12 12
13 −{\footnotesize\textsc{Universit\'e du Qu\'ebec en Outaouais}}\\[0.15cm]
14 −{\footnotesize\textsc{D\'epartement des sciences administratives}}
13 +{\footnotesize\textsc{Université du Québec en Outaouais}}\\[0.15cm]
14 +{\footnotesize\textsc{Département des sciences administratives}}
15 15
16 16 \vspace{0.8cm}
17 17
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19 19
20 20 \vspace{1.2cm}
21 21
22 +% --- Title ---
22 23 {\LARGE\bfseries \WPtitle\par}
23 24
24 −\vspace{0.4cm}
25 −{\large\itshape \WPsubtitle\par}
25 +\ifx\WPsubtitle\empty\else
26 + \vspace{0.3cm}
27 + {\large\itshape \WPsubtitle\par}
28 +\fi
26 29
27 30 \vspace{1.2cm}
28 31
32 +% --- Author ---
29 33 {\large \WPauthor}\\[0.3cm]
30 34 {\normalsize \WPaffiliation}\\[0.15cm]
31 35 {\normalsize \href{mailto:\WPemail}{\WPemail}}\\[0.15cm]
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33 37
34 38 \vspace{0.8cm}
35 39
40 +% --- Date & Version ---
36 41 {\normalsize \WPdate}\\[0.1cm]
37 42 {\small Version~\WPversion}
38 43
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42 47
43 48 \newpage
44 49
45 −% ---------------------------------------------------------------- abstract
50 +% ============================================================================
51 +% Abstract Page
52 +% ============================================================================
46 53 \thispagestyle{empty}
47 54
48 55 \vspace*{1cm}
49 56
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